View Tube Art: Sparked 2011-12
Inspired by the public art pieces in the London 2012 Olympic Park, Sparked is an eight-month educational exhibition series as part of the View Tube Art Education programme, from October 2011-May 2012.
The View Tube sits on The Greenway in East London, next to the London 2012 Olympic Park, it is a community arts and education venue, with a cafe and bike hire.
Sparked is funded by The Legacy List, a new charity established to support the long term cultural, social and physical regeneration of London’s future Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and its surroundings.
Sparked is supported by Bow Arts
Pick up an activity sheet from the Sparked exhibition at View Tube, or download it here before you go. You can check your answers back here, plus email us (at viewtubesparked@gmail.com) a photo or scan of your drawings to add to our online gallery - don’t forget to include your name, age and postcode!
Activity sheet drawing sent in by Millie (aged 6)
Carry on reading for the activity sheet answers only!
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Answers from activity sheet - only peek if you’ve already done it!
1. There are 8 buttons in the grey sculpture. Buttons are present in the sculpture as their used to be a Haberdashery and fabric trimming company on the site, using ribbons, buttons, wool, snaps and string
2. A dog can be found in the sculpture. This is because there used to be guard dogs on the site, protecting the business and people who lived there.
3. Send in a photo or scan of your drawing of the trapeze artists, who used to do circus training on the site! viewtubesparked@gmail.com
4. A woodwork fabricator company used to produce replica Victorian cabinets and tables, as well as beautiful Grandfather Clocks
5. There are all sorts of flowers of different colours, we’ve listed a few below, but send in any different ones you have to viewtubesparked@gmail.com and we’ll add them in!
- Red flowers: poppy, rose, tulip, red gerbera daisy, red lily, red orchid, red carnation, peony
- Orange flowers: Bird of Paradise, tiger lily, snapdragon, gerbera, marigold, chrysanthemum, freesia,
- Yellow flowers: sunflower, daffodil, tulip, rose, Hawaiian hibiscus, orchid, Queen Victoria Calla lily, carnation, cornflower, forsythia, iris,
- Blue flowers: lavendar, forget-me-nots, pansy, blue-bells, hyacinth, cornflower
- White flowers: daisy, rose, camellia, hydrangea, gerbera, magnolia flower, jasmine flower, lily of the valley, hyacinth, cherry blossom
6. The seedbrush (or biological drawing device) is made from willow
7. There are 29 seed dispensers on the ‘biological drawing device’. Some have been refilled, whilst others are now empty from their previous journeys, which you can watch here
8. Send in a photo or scan of your drawing of your own flower to go up in our online gallery. Don’t forget to include your name and postcode! viewtubesparked@gmail.com
